Barrell Craft Spirits Gift Box
Barrell Craft Spirits Gift Box is a cask strength tasting set of three 200mL bottles — Barrell Bourbon Batch 036 (114.44 proof), Barrell Vantage (114.26 proof) and Barrell Seagrass rye (120.2 proof) — from Louisville's independent blender, Barrell Craft Spirits. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- Contents: 3 × 200mL bottles, all bottled at cask strength
- Barrell Bourbon Batch 036: Multi-mashbill blend of straight bourbons distilled in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee — 114.44 proof
- Barrell Vantage: Straight bourbons finished in Mizunara, French and toasted American oak casks — 114.26 proof
- Barrell Seagrass: American and Canadian rye whiskeys finished in Martinique rhum, Madeira and apricot brandy barrels — 120.2 proof
- Blender: Barrell Craft Spirits, Louisville, Kentucky
Three Signatures from America's Boldest Blender
Barrell Craft Spirits, founded in Louisville in 2013 by Joe Beatrice, built its name on a liberated approach to blending: source mature barrels from multiple distilleries and states, marry them for maximum nuance, and bottle everything at cask strength. This gift box is the house in miniature. Batch 036 layers full-bodied barrels with black cherry notes against oak-forward, nutty barrels, younger stone-fruit barrels and older milk chocolate, cinnamon and pecan barrels. Vantage is a study in virgin oak — the same bourbon blend finished three ways, in Mizunara, French and toasted American oak. Seagrass takes American and Canadian rye and finishes each component separately in Martinique rhum, Madeira and apricot brandy barrels. Browse the Barrell Craft Spirits collection and more whisky at Del Mesa.
Tasting Notes
Batch 036: stone fruit, baked goods and rich oak, with an elegant, opulent finish. Vantage: warm and elegant, a tour of oak itself — Mizunara's spice, French oak's structure, toasted American oak's sweetness. Seagrass: ripe, juicy fruit at the core, wrapped in grassy oceanside rye character, leather, herbs and the spice of its three finishing barrels.
How to Enjoy
Pour the three side by side as a guided tasting flight — bourbon blend, oak study, finished rye — neat in small pours, with water on hand to open each cask strength whiskey. It is the ideal try-before-you-buy tour of the Barrell range, and a ready-made gift for the whiskey drinker who has everything.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is in the Barrell Craft Spirits Gift Box? Three 200mL bottles: Barrell Bourbon Batch 036, Barrell Vantage and Barrell Seagrass, each bottled at cask strength.
Are the whiskeys in the gift box cask strength? Yes — Batch 036 at 114.44 proof, Vantage at 114.26 proof and Seagrass at 120.2 proof, true to Barrell's house style of bottling every release at cask strength.
Are these full-size bottles? No — they are 200mL tasting bottles, sized for sampling the range or gifting; the full 750mL releases are separate listings.
Who is Barrell Craft Spirits? An independent blender founded in Louisville, Kentucky in 2013, known for blending mature sourced barrels from multiple states and countries and bottling at cask strength.
A three-stop tour of cask strength blending — the Barrell Craft Spirits Gift Box is ready to give (or keep) at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.